Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Wow. Risky strategy for sure.
Manafort Defense Rests Without Calling A Single Witness .
That's bold. They are either scared silly about letting the government cross examine Manafort, or they are hugely confident the government didn't prove their case.
Manafort's a slippery wheeler dealer, who associated himself with some shady characters. He'd be a dangerous witness to put on the stand against an experienced litigator.
I'm inclined to believe it's the former, but if it's the latter, and they win, it's a gigantic black mark on Mueller and his team.
That disaster could also give Trump clear sailing to fire Mueller and put an end to this "Russian Collusion"charade.
It's going to the jury. I presume that if the jury rules against Manafort, his lawyers have their appeal already written.
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Manafort's toast. Muller's inquisition was planned to squash him like a bug, but none of the charges have anything Muller's goon squad was organized to investigate. Manafort was supposed to "flip" on Trump, and he may still well do that. a betting person will say: "It depends how much time in the slammer is meted out and what Manafort's pain threshold is". I've lost all faith in America despite President Trump's valiant attempts to salvage it. What I dedicated several years of my young life for in the 1960's has come to this? Fuck it!
ReplyDeletemmmmm. wait a while on the fuck it, BB. same as you, but still waiting. wondering what our AG is up to in Utah. still, I thing we live in interesting times if just for the entertainment value. the October surprise is another anticipated happening. wondering what next asinine plot the socialists will throw against the wall. awaiting the next excuse from the hildabeast. watching the fbi head shed squim and wriggle. awaiting to find out just how many newyorkers are stupid enough to send a Latina bartender to congress and whether or not they are doing it a joke or just a public sign of contempt for the entire corrupt election process. waiting for Chicago to go bankrupt along with most other socialist led city states. waiting for some sigh of the voters getting a belly full of the political shenanigans going on and decide that enough is enough. waiting to find out if lady justice is truly blind or is the bitch peeking out from the corner of the blindfold after all.
Deleteso, BB. lots of different things going on. so hang around a while and get your beer and popcorn ready, i think the fun is about to begin...
It all comes down to the jury instructions. Having been through several hundred criminal trials, I will tell you that forcing the prosecution to prove it up based on the instructions (fixed set of instructions for each charge) can be daunting in this case where Mueller's people have presented liars with a motive to lie against Manafort, and where that he KNEW of things that were going on well outside of his sphere of contact.
ReplyDeleteIf the jury hangs or if the acquit, it makes Team Mueller look like a bunch of dopes. If they convict, President Trump will pardon Paul Manafort on his way out the door.
ABC on this:https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2018/08/manafort-attorneys-opt-to-skip-defense.html
ReplyDeleteThe words, "show me the man and I'll show you the crime" have never rung truer. Pity that was said by Beria or some other commie 100 years ago.
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